Amanpour

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Apr 13, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Ronen Bergman, Chris Coons, Sophia Nahli Allison and Kevin Roose

Ronen Bergman, staff reporter at The New York Times, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel after Sunday's attack on Natanz, one of Iran's main nuclear sites. Senator Chris Coons talks about how President Biden will deal with these challenges in the region. Sophia Nahli Allison, director of the Oscar nominated film "A Love Song for Latasha", discusses the real story behind the documentary. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to author Kevin Roose about his new book "Futureproof" and how we can peacefully co-exist with algorithms.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 13, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Aaron Sorkin, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gordon Brown and Tom Vilsack

Writer and director Aaron Sorkin and actor Sacha Baron Cohen's Netflix film "The Trial of the Chicago 7" has been met with critical acclaim and a host of awards. They join Christiane Amanpour to reveal the process of making the film and the power of comedy to expose society's flaws. Britain will be hosting the G7 in June – President Biden’s first summit of the world’s richest nations. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says mass vaccination of the world should be top of the agenda. He explains how we desperately need more equal vaccine distribution. Then our Walter Isaacson speaks to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the effect the pandemic has had on agriculture and the innovative methods of reform they plan to explore to help combat the industry's impact on climate change.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 12, 2021 • 56min

Amanpour: Max Foster, Simon Lewis, Patricia Scotland and Saeed Khatibzadeh

As the British Royal family announce the passing of Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh at the age of 99, royal correspondent Max Foster joins Christiane Amanpour from Windsor to reflect on the life and legacy of the man who stood by the Queen’s side for 73 years. Then former communications Secretary to the Queen Simon Lewis explains how he modernized the British monarchy. Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations Patricia Scotland digs deeper into his extraordinary and often candid and exuberant contribution to the UK and the Commonwealth. Historians Simon Schama and Margaret MacMillan also weigh in on this historic day and discuss the future of the royal family. Then turning to Iran, the country’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh explains why Tehran won't engage with Washington until the Biden administration rejoins the nuclear deal.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 8, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Laura Coates, Donald De Lucca, Regina King, Kemp Powers and Dorothy A. Brown

All eyes are keenly focused on the long-awaited trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Today, doctors take the stand for the defense, arguing that Chauvin acted beyond reasonable force and police procedure. Former federal prosecutor Laura Coates and former police chief Donald De Lucca unpack the evidence being laid out and how what we learn in the trial could shape police training and reform going forward. Then actress Regina King and screenwriter Kemp Powers explain how the historic events depicted in the Oscar-nominated "One Night in Miami" have a special resonance in the aftermath of George Floyd's death. The film is a fictional imagining of a night in 1964 when legends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Muhammad Ali came together. Continuing the discussion of race, Dorothy A. Brown, author of, "The Whiteness of Wealth," joins our Michel Martin to explain how even the American tax system isn’t free from racism. Her book compiles decades of research and anecdotes, highlighting how the tax system impoverishes black people.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 26, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Paola Ramos, Nasser AlKidwa, Tracie Keesee, Phillip Atiba Goff and Mahani Teave

Paola Ramos, VICE Correspondent, tells Christiane Amanpour about her new report from Colombia's border with Panama on the dangerous journeys migrants take to reach the U.S. Nasser Alkidwa, former Palestinian Foreign Minister, discusses his new independent party and the upcoming elections. Our Michel Martin talks to Tracie Keesee and Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founders of The Centre for Policing Equity, about grappling with police reform. Mahani Teave discusses giving up her career as a concert pianist to return to her home of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, to create its first music school. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 25, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Tim O'Brien and James Carroll

World Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan joins Christiane Amanpour to reflect on the vaccine rollout so far; both the progress and the setbacks. She warns the EU Covid-19 vaccine export ban could snowball and become uncontrollable. Then as Iraq grapples with their highest number of daily covid cases since the pandemic began, CNN Correspondent Arwa Damon's reports on their parallel epidemic of crystal meth. She explores the ecosystem of this silent war, from the dealers to the rehab clinics. Turning to America, award-winning novelist Tim O'Brien says he has to pretend that his books can stop wars or change minds. He talks books, fatherhood and his new documentary "The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien." Then our Michel Martin speaks to James Carroll, former priest and author of "The Truth at the Heart of the Lie", about the need for reform in the church, including giving women a voice within the institution.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 25, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Cui Tiankai, Joe Parkinson and Priti Krishtel

Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., calls CNN's reporting on Uyghur children separated from their families and kept from leaving China's Xinjiang region "immoral" and a "fabrication" in a wide ranging conversation with Christiane Amanpour. Joe Parkinson, co-author of "Bring Back Our Girls", discusses the kidnapping of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 and the agency and solidarity that bonded them. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Priti Krishtel, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, about vaccine nationalism and why we need to rethink how patents are regulated. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 25, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Dave Cullen, Tom Mauser, Jess Philips and Neil deGrasse Tyson

President Joe Biden has called for Congress to enact stricter gun control measures after another deadly shooting rocks America, this time in Boulder, Colorodo. Dave Cullen, author of "Columbine" and "Parkland: Birth of a Movement", and Tom Mauser, whose teenage son was killed in the Columbine massacre, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss. Then in the aftermath of the Sarah Everard murder, British Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Philips reflects on this moment of opportunity for ending violence against women once and for all. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to renowned physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book, "Cosmic Queries," co-authored with fellow physicist James Trefil. He explains his thirst to explore the really big questions of the universe.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 23, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Bill Taylor, Christine Runyan, George Takei and Sanne Derks

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Biden's latest foreign policy moves. He says clarity in purpose and in message are essential as he takes his place on the world stage. Then clinical psychologist Christine Runyan explains how to combat COVID-19 'brain fog'. She explores how our ability to manage stress has shrunk but offers simple ways to recover some in peace as the pandemic continues. As a young Japanese-American boy during World War II, actor and sci-fi legend George Takei was imprisoned with his family in the now infamous U.S. internment camps. He talks to our Hari Sreenivasan about the history behind today's anti-Asian attacks. And finally, Dutch photographer and anthropologist Sanne Derks shares her work documenting severe water shortages in Cuba.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mar 20, 2021 • 57min

Amanpour: Merav Michaeli, Elif Shafak, Derek DelGaudio and Roya Beheshti

Leader of Israel's Labor Party Merav Michaeli talks to Christiane Amanpour about how she plans to revive her party and her push for equality. And as the news is dominated by violence against women from London to Istanbul, Turkish novelist and women’s rights activist Elif Shafak criticizes the Turkish government for not supporting women. Then turning to a spot of magic, our Michel Martin speaks to magician and writer Derek DelGaudio about card tricks, his new memoir and his show being taken to the small screen. And finally, the late Maryam Mirzakhani remains the only female winner of the prestigious Fields Medal – the highest honor in mathematics. Her lifelong friend Professor Roya Beheshti shares their shared passion for the subject and Maryam’s lasting impacting on women, both in Iran and around the world.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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